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Patriotism by Mishima Yukio: 5/5

uma história de amor e patriotismo que normalmente não seria o meu género mas adorei. aposto que o autor tinha peixes ou caranguejo no seu mapa astral

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The Last Testament of Okitsu Yagoemon: 3/5

Texto pequenino diferente do que costumo ler mas foi interessante.

“I have been writing this note by the light of a candle which has just gone out, but there is no need to light another. There is sufficient reflection from the snow at the window to enable me to cut across my wrinkled belly.”

— Men and Women —
A Bond for Two Lifetimes - Gleanings

"'Oh, now I see - there does seem to be a reason for Jösuke's return to the world of the living. Everyone thought he had been down in that pit ringing his bell morning and evening because of a pious wish for Buddhas providence. So he actually was set upon coming back to our Aoating world of pleasure only to have sex, eh? What a noble desire that was!"

A Bond for Two Lifetimes

“As a result, I had recently begun to view the inevitable sexual aggressions of men with a sympathetic eye. When I realized that for the strong-willed Professor Nunokawa, who had in the past pursued me so tenaciously, life now amounted to putting all his energies into producing a paltry quantity of urine in the next room, my whole being shook, and I was brought very close to tears.”

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A Bond for Two Lifetimes - Gleanings by Enchi Fumiko: 2/5

boring…

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The Smile of a Mountain Witch by Ohba Minako : 4/5

não amei amei mas foi bom.

“When such a man matures physically, the woman with whom he shares his bed must be a
substitute for his mother. She must be as magnanimous as a mother, as dignified as a goddess, She must love him as limitlessly and blindly as an idiot.”

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The Smile of a Mountain Witch by Ohba Minako

“When I say what's on my mind, people give me nasty looks, so I'm just going to shut up. Grown-ups like it when kids pretend to be stupid and unaware of things, so I've decided to keep grownups happy from now on.”

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The Smile of a Mountain Witch by Ohba Minako

“After all, devouring may be the ultimate expression of affection, Does not a mother, full of emotion, often squeeze her child and exclaim, I love you so much I could eat you up!'?”

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Bee Honey by Yoshimoto Banana: 10/5

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“He sounded unsure of himself, had none of the casualness of my mother’s hands, but in reality we were just two strangers doing our best to compromise.”

“Such strength, and of course she had once had a child of her own… Mothers are mothers no matter what country they come from, after all, and that’s a very sad thing to be.”

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Bee Honey by Yoshimoto Banana: 10/5

COMO É QUE UM TEXTO TÃO PEQUENO PODE SER TÃO BOM?

“Sorrow never heals. We simply take comfort in the fact that our pain seems to fade. How flimsy my own sorrow is, compared with what these parents feel. (…) And yet that doesn’t mean one is more vulnerable than the other, or deeper.”

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Remaining Flowers by Nakagami Kenji: 4/5

a história mais interessante até agora!!

“What was the point of having flowers if people passing by couldn’t admire them?”

“If only he himself could be blind the way his fingers and skin and the thing between his legs were blind!”

“Jūkichi never came back. The woman’s laughter continued.”

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In the Box by Kōno Taeko: 2/5

Esta senhora tem anger issues, aconselho um psicólogo, mas somehow achei mais piada a esta short story do que a anterior.

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Flames by Tsushima Yūko: 1.5/5

eu… não percebi esta história… pontos por falarem de mães solteiras (???) parece que foi escrito por um homem … vou ter de procurar mais sobre esta short story I guess

só pela introdução do murakami já vale a pena

como assim o livro está a acabar e ainda faltam tantas coisas ????

o q é q eu acabei de ler …

eu ODEIO a alina e AMO o nikolai

period para a alina

mundinho grisha estamos de volta 😎